Radical action is needed now to stop schools cheating at GCSEs

 A GCSE exam in progress. Proposed reforms may help eradicate coursework abuses – but at what cost?
If I were a head who did everything strictly by the book, I think one of the things that I would resent more than anything else is the worry that others might be less scrupulous.
There is no doubt that many schools do an excellent job of building and sustaining improvement over time. But some have improvement paths that look almost too sensational to be true.
On closer examination – and

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